Microbreweries in New Brunswick will no longer be required to move product through the provincial liquor agency before they can open on-site stores. NB Liquor has scrapped a regulation in its Brewer’s Agency Store Policy that required new breweries to sell at least 100 hectolitres (10,000 litres) of product through the Crown-owned vendor network before an […] Read more
N.B. microbreweries cleared for on-site sales
Ont. egg producer’s grading station reinstated
A southwestern Ontario shell egg producer’s grading station has been reinstated after a four-month federal suspension. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on April 11 suspended the registration for Allan Toby, operating at Owen Sound, Ont., for failure to maintain the operation’s grading station in “required conditions” as per the Egg Regulations. No food recall was […] Read more
More time granted to repay MCGA cash advances
Prairie grain and oilseed growers who took out cash advances in the 2013 crop year through the Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA) now have more time to repay. The federal government on Tuesday announced a stay of default on repayment of advances made through the MCGA for crops in 2013 — resetting the repayment deadline […] Read more
Cargill takes signing grain contracts online
Farmers signing grain contracts with the Canadian arm of Cargill no longer have to face the fax. Winnipeg-based Cargill AgHorizons announced Monday it now offers farmers the option of signing contracts electronically, using e-signatures connected to their accounts through the company’s website. The company said its e-signature service allows farmers to review and sign contracts […] Read more
Maple Leaf names ‘animal wellness’ chief
Canadian processing giant Maple Leaf Foods has gone to Ontario’s pork sector for the person to spearhead the setup of its “comprehensive animal wellness program.” The Toronto meat and processing company on Monday named Dr. Stephanie Cottee, a former provincial programs advisor with the Ontario provincial pork board, as its new “leader, animal wellness.” While at […] Read more
Open Farm Days 2014
List of participating farms across Alberta
Reading Time: < 1 minute Northern Alberta Wooden Shoes Dairy Farm First Nature Farms Connecting in Spirit Ranch Reclaim Urban Farm Humphrey & Terry Banack Midmore Farms Nature’s Green Acres Matters Speckle Park Erdmann’s Gardens and Greenhouses Cajun Angus Crooked Lake Farm Tangle Ridge Ranch The Cheesiry Horse Hill Berry Farm EL-Shaddai Dairies Inc. Shady Lane Berry Farm Star Bright […] Read more
Supreme Court rejects raw-milk dairyman’s appeal
An Ontario dairyman’s legal challenge of bans on the sale of unpasteurized milk has ended at the Supreme Court of Canada’s doormat. The country’s top court on Thursday dismissed — without costs — the application from Durham, Ont. farmer Michael Schmidt, in which he sought leave to appeal previous losses at Ontario’s Court of Justice and […] Read more
Ex-CFIA doc pleads guilty over stray brucellosis
Canada’s first chance to prosecute a breach of its laws against traffic in dangerous pathogens has ended in a guilty plea from a previously well-regarded researcher over stray vials of brucellosis-causing bacteria. Dr. Klaus Nielsen, who had worked at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Fallowfield lab southwest of Ottawa, was first arrested in October 2012 on […] Read more
Potato storage fungicide throws in three actives
A new post-harvest fungicide to preserve potato crops in storage gathers three active ingredients for use against fusarium dry rot and silver scurf. Syngenta Canada last week announced the rollout for Stadium, a combination of fludioxonil (Group 12), azoxystrobin (Group 11) and difenoconazole (Group 3) for control of fusarium and suppression of silver scurf in […] Read more
CFIA reinstates eastern Sask. beef plant
Four weeks after it was pulled, the federal operating license for a southeastern Saskatchewan cattle slaughter plant has been reinstated. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) last week said it’s reinstated the license effective Thursday (Aug. 7) for the Qu’Appelle Beef plant at Neudorf, Sask., about 35 km southwest of Melville. The plant’s license had […] Read more
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